Whatever works for you to reduce your stress and rewire the "amygdala adjacent" areas. Robert Sapolsky talked about how the amygdala can reset but there's adjacent areas that are difficult to get over.
There are a few drugs that help with anxiety and perhaps they can help reduce symptoms and reset the brain to not jump into sympathetic mode. They seem to help deal with those amygdala adjacent areas too.
I suspect this is why psychedelics are so useful in undoing the learned helplessness caused by trauma.
If we think
-Ketamine which is prescription only and you do it twice a week. It helps deal with the glutamate system and puts one in a meditative state similar to what yogis do.
-Dextromethorphan which is in cough suppressant works on the glutamate system too. It's over the counter in the US but avoid those because they have crap added like acetaminophen, etc. There's a brand called robocough and one only needs to take one 30mg in the morning and one in the afternoon. (It's on Amazon, not sure about in the UK and other parts of the world).
Thanks for this. The glutamate link is very interesting. Glutmate seems to the principal chemical of the dorsal vagus nerve - responsible for the freeze stress response. Glutumate dysregulation has also been linked to have a role in parkinson's. It also seems to have a role in dyskinesia the side effect of l-dopa based meds... I will read with interest....
I don't have Parkinson's but I used to have thoughts were like an internal version of the movement disorder. It felt rigid and panicky at times. The COVID politics scared the hell out of me and just made me super tense all over.
Dextromethorphan helped me a lot. (1-2 per day)
I'm much better at figuring out problems at work with less thinking.
Perhaps that's the issue with trauma, too much cross firing of the brain which is like driving your car with the gas and the brake on at the same time! That connects to the article you wrote about adrenaline.
Another interesting drug that helps people with auto immune conditions is called naltrexone.
Gary, this sounds very promising. But I looked up Braintap on Trustpilot and it gets terrible reviews. As with so many apps that require a regular subscription, Braintap appears to have appalling customer service.
Thanks for this - I haven't had any issues personally, but it has been a bit flaky at times. They also went through a massive update and decided on migrating to a totally new app - this causes a lot of issues.
I signed onto this because I usually like the things that you suggest, however, I have to use earbuds apparently and I can’t stand to have things like that in my ears. Is there anyway I can listen to it without having something in my ears?
Whatever works for you to reduce your stress and rewire the "amygdala adjacent" areas. Robert Sapolsky talked about how the amygdala can reset but there's adjacent areas that are difficult to get over.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=f2pj3cj-dRI
There are a few drugs that help with anxiety and perhaps they can help reduce symptoms and reset the brain to not jump into sympathetic mode. They seem to help deal with those amygdala adjacent areas too.
I suspect this is why psychedelics are so useful in undoing the learned helplessness caused by trauma.
If we think
-Ketamine which is prescription only and you do it twice a week. It helps deal with the glutamate system and puts one in a meditative state similar to what yogis do.
-Dextromethorphan which is in cough suppressant works on the glutamate system too. It's over the counter in the US but avoid those because they have crap added like acetaminophen, etc. There's a brand called robocough and one only needs to take one 30mg in the morning and one in the afternoon. (It's on Amazon, not sure about in the UK and other parts of the world).
Here's some more info on both:
https://natashatracy.com/bipolar-disorder/depression-bipolar-disorder/dextromethorphan-vs-ketamine-a-new-affordable-depression-treatment-option-explained/
And here's an interesting experiment and observations by someone who did dextromethorphan long term.
https://www.bluelight.org/community/threads/dxm-60mg-daily-i-took-dxm-every-day-for-a-year-this-is-my-story-long.645718/
Thanks for this. The glutamate link is very interesting. Glutmate seems to the principal chemical of the dorsal vagus nerve - responsible for the freeze stress response. Glutumate dysregulation has also been linked to have a role in parkinson's. It also seems to have a role in dyskinesia the side effect of l-dopa based meds... I will read with interest....
I don't have Parkinson's but I used to have thoughts were like an internal version of the movement disorder. It felt rigid and panicky at times. The COVID politics scared the hell out of me and just made me super tense all over.
Dextromethorphan helped me a lot. (1-2 per day)
I'm much better at figuring out problems at work with less thinking.
Perhaps that's the issue with trauma, too much cross firing of the brain which is like driving your car with the gas and the brake on at the same time! That connects to the article you wrote about adrenaline.
Another interesting drug that helps people with auto immune conditions is called naltrexone.
https://barrcenter.com/how-low-dose-naltrexone-works-in-autoimmunity/
Gary, this sounds very promising. But I looked up Braintap on Trustpilot and it gets terrible reviews. As with so many apps that require a regular subscription, Braintap appears to have appalling customer service.
Thanks for this - I haven't had any issues personally, but it has been a bit flaky at times. They also went through a massive update and decided on migrating to a totally new app - this causes a lot of issues.
I signed onto this because I usually like the things that you suggest, however, I have to use earbuds apparently and I can’t stand to have things like that in my ears. Is there anyway I can listen to it without having something in my ears?
I just use over the ear headphones, seems to work ok for me.
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/braintap-brain-fitness/id1588691334. is this the app you refer to?
is there a price indicated?
Yes that is the one. It is $29 a month I think, so not especially cheap. The headset is super expensive.